Dr. John I Kennedy MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233Rating
5/5
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Dr. John Kennedy practices Pulmonology in Birmingham, AL. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Kennedy manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Fever produced in the squirrel monkey by human leukocytic pyrogen.
- Fever produced in the squirrel monkey by human leukocytic pyrogen.
- Central thermosensitivity during fever produced by intra-PO/AH and intravenous injections of pyrogen.
- Central thermosensitivity during fever produced by intra-PO/AH and intravenous injections of pyrogen.
- Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Improving ambulatory prescribing safety with a handheld decision support system: a randomized controlled trial.
- The modern teaching physician--responsibilities and challenges: an APDIM white paper.
- Pharmacokinetics and lung delivery of PDDS-aerosolized amikacin (NKTR-061) in intubated and mechanically ventilated patients with nosocomial pneumonia.
- Formaldehyde exposure and asthma in children: a systematic review.
- Clinical aspects of amiodarone pulmonary toxicity.
- Formaldehyde exposure and asthma in children: a systematic review.
- High alveolar surface tension pulmonary edema--relationship to adult respiratory distress syndrome.
- Reduction in bleomycin-induced lung hydroxyproline content by an iron chelating agent.
- Studies of membrane receptors, phagocytosis, and morphology of subpopulations of rat lung interstitial macrophages.
- Pulmonary hypertension in the interstitial lung diseases.
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